CVE-2025-68422 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-68422: Kibana Improper Authorization

Vendor Elastic
Product Kibana
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published December 18, 2025
Last update December 19, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Authorization (CWE-285) in Kibana can lead to privilege escalation (CAPEC-233) by allowing an authenticated user to bypass intended permission restrictions via a crafted HTTP request. This allows an attacker who lacks the live queries - read permission to successfully retrieve the list of live queries.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2025 CVE published
December 19, 2025 Record updated